A home full of history
Today's blog had its roots in an old home obscured by large trees in the inner Sydney suburb of Ashfield. It was, and still is, a large house with a long cast iron columns along the ground floor verandah while the first-floor verandah has timber posts with fretwork balustrades. It stands on a large allotment in Bland Street, surrounded by mature camphor laurel, Lilly Pilly and cabbage palm trees to name just a few. I used to pass the property daily walking to the train station, heading to work in the CBD but this was decades ago. I recently revisited the area and decided to put my curiosity to rest and dig into the history of "Lynngrove" formerly "Falconshaw" and some of it's occupants. What a treasure trove I found! ALEXANDER JAMES RALSTON Alexander was born in Launceston Tasmania in April 1833 into the large family of Gavan and Emily Ann Ralston. He left the island and headed to Melbourne whilst a young man and was a member of a large business fi...